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5-year-old AL boy dies after pit bull attack

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RIVERSIDE, Ala. – Investigators say a 5-year-old Riverside boy was attacked and killed by a neighbor’s pit bull.

WBRC-TV reports that St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department investigators say the boy was playing in his yard when the dog attacked him around 5 p.m. Sunday.

The dog was sent to an animal clinic. It’s up to the sheriff’s department to decide what happens to the dog.